50% = 48 feet (4 stories)
90% = 84 feet (7 stories)
Knowing this, check this video out: A man survives after bungee cord snaps on 400-foot dive.
While initially sounding quite impressive, the odds of this are well within plausibility. The bungee cord essentially converted a 400 foot fall into one that was only 25 feet.
Source
Marx: Rosen's Emergency Medicine, Concepts and Clinical Practice, 6th ed.
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